Upside Down (I) (2012)

Adam and Eden fell in love as teens despite the fact that they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions. Ten years after a forced separation, Adam sets out on a dangerous quest to reconnect with his love.

Director:

Juan Solanas

Writer:

Juan Solanas

Stars:

Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall

Cast

Credited cast:
Kirsten Dunst	...	Eden
Jim Sturgess	...	Adam
Timothy Spall	...	Bob Boruchowitz
Neil Napier	...	Security agent
Jayne Heitmeyer	...	Executive
Agnieshka Wnorowska	...	Ballroom Dancer
James Kidnie	...	Lagavullan
Heidi Hawkins	...	Reporter
Larry Day
Frank M. Ahearn	...	Flynn
Don Jordan	...	Host
Holly O'Brien	...	Paula
Nicholas Rose	...	Pablo
Vincent Messina	...	Tommy
John Maclaren	...	Moderator

Storyline

Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he loved once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach... a girl named Eden. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eden on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back... Not even the law or science!

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Plot Keywords:

amnesia | police | pomegranate | orphan | tango | 

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Taglines:

Two worlds. One future.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Canada France

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2013 (France)

Also Known As:

Anamesa se dyo kosmous

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$28,722 (USA) (15 March 2013)

Gross:

$102,118 (USA) (5 April 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jouror Productions, Onyx Films, Studio 37

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Emile Hirsch was originally in talks to star.

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Quotes

Bob Boruchowitz: We're 90 percent water, right? So I've combined upper and lower inversion with a hyper infusion, yeah? Yeah.

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Crazy Credits

The title appears in its stylized state at the beginning: "UPSIDE NWOD"

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Connections

References The Man Without a Head (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Driftwood"
Performed by Aggie

User Reviews

Gorgeous Visuals, Awfully Told Story

This movie looked so promising based on it's trailer. Not to mention the visuals were absolutely gorgeous. It had this fantasy quality about it without looking fake; even though you absolutely know its green screen. Also, the plot premise was such an interesting idea; star-crossed lovers separated by the science of their universe. I was excited to watch it because I thought It'd have an "inception-like" quality. HOWEVER, I was horribly wrong.

The character development was just sort of...there. And no real relationship ever seemed to develop between the characters. It went from WE LOVE EACH OTHER to I DON'T KNOW YOU to WE LOVE EACH OTHER again without anything real happening. The romance has a bad back story and the sudden realizations were too flimsy. Adam was adorable in his endless attempts at trying to get to Eden. But thats all. They were so flat in the end and nothing interesting happened. Not to mention, the excitement factor was a bust and it was clichéd and awfully expressed in the end. It felt like I was watching a poem told with gorgeous figurative language, but lacking any substance, heart, or care. The movie needed a better plot, it needed more events, it needed more character development, and it needed a lot of polishing up. Since it's main point of drama was in the romance and even THAT was awfully put together, all in all, it was flop.

However, it was an okay watch and again, the visuals of such a disorientating world totally threw me off whack. For the next ten minutes after the movie, I felt like things should be floating upward and I should be upside down...it was weird but showed that I actually did get immersed into the world.

My recommendation? GET A BETTER WRITER